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Re: [PATCH] debian/ directory

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KVKalle Valo <kalle.valo@iki.fi>
Date
Dec 28, 2005, 16:17 UTC
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Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> writes:
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>> different from what I have, so I'd like to avoid potential
>> confusion and reduce work by the official maintainer and myself.
>
> Thanks.  The most notable change is that debhelper isn't used to do the
> packaging stuff, and the build-dependency has been dropped; this is
> after my personal preference.
>
> Below is the diff for reference, I think though it might be better if
> you don't include the debian/ directory in the upstream package at all.

One upside in Junio's debian packages is that they[1] work also in sarge[2]. If he stops building them, we sarge users will miss them. Any volunteers to maintain them, for example, through backports.org?

[1] at least git-core and git-doc work [2] Debian 3.1

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Kalle Valo
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  2. debian/ directoryGerrit Pape, Dec 28, 2005
  3. Kalle ValoDec 28, 2005
  4. Gerrit PapeJan 2, 2006
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